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Design Wall Monday, February 28, 2011

Bulleye's Square blocks are on my design wall today.

They are for the Sunshine Quilt Guild's March BOM. This block is being coordinated by Barbara for us. We started with a 10" square of the only directed fabric color "blue". From there we were to put an 8" then 6" and finally 4" circles centering as you go. The only stitching is 1/4" in on each of the three circles. We also kept the bulk down by cutting away the background after the 8" circle was sewn down, the middle of the 8" after the 6" was sewn down...well you get the idea...we did this with the "eye" too. This is a folksy project that doesn't require precision...a bit different than the projects I'm accustomed to sewing. The winner will cut all the blocks into 4 parts and reassemble them into new 4-patch blocks and assemble them into a top. The result is pretty neat as we were shown with a quilt that Barbara showed us.

I've got a real neat ruler that I've not used much, but it comes in real handy for cutting circles with your 45mm rotary cutter. It's the WonderArc. If you like speciality rulers this is certainly one to have.

Hellolove the bullseye. I did a raw edge bullseye YEARS ago. Thanks for stopping by the blog...yes I had looked at Bonnie's corrections but the corrections weren't there when I cut out the quilt. I contacted her and let her know...UGH. All is well that ends well though.

Those will be great in the finished quilt! I did a similar bullseye flower quilt, with each flower quartered, mixed and sewn back together. The results are awesome. Another great circle tool is the Olfa circle rotary cutter. Super easy circles!

Born and raised on the East Coast and settled in 1985 in the paradise called San Diego, California. I've a passion for scrappy, traditional pieced or paper pieced quilting. I enjoy the challenge of using my stash. I have strong thoughts of applique and hand quilting when I don't have to keep my day job. Quilting and sewing have been passed down in my family for at least four generations. I'm lucky to share this passion with my Mom.